JuneNYsAdventuresPart2

 SUNDAY:   after church (which was really good, the Trimbles spoke, and a lot of people went forward at the end), I met up with Cindi, Glenda, Carol, Lori, Linda Stein and Andrea at THE BIG DITCH.  I had the SMASH BURGER with fries and an order of vegetables.  I brought some of the burger and vegetables home.  Linda Stein asked me to let her know about upcoming events, so I texted her a few of them in the evening.   MONDAY  When I tried to get on Facebook this morning, I was unable to.  My account has been either suspended or disabled.  I met up with Jan at the Y and we walked for a half an hour.  Then I had my appointment with Dr. Chubineh, but I saw his PA, I think her name is Lisa.  I really like her but I requested that I see Dr. Chubineh next time (in six months).  After going to Walgreens and picking up a prescription, I decided to drive out to the new location of THE LITTLE BAKERY.  Last night I did a MapQ...

SUNDAY October 12th.   Church was very good, several people were baptized.  I don't know this lady, but she is battling stage four cancer. After it was over, Jan, Glenda, Peggy, Lori, Louise and I went to APPLEBEE's for lunch.  I had the special with the grilled chicken sandwich.  It was good, but the French fries were not as good as they usually are.  I went home and took a nap.  I spent the rest of the day at home.  I got caught up on TV shows that I missed last week and worked on my trip pictures on flickr. MONDAY:  October 13th.  I was kind of planning on meeting up with Peg at the Y to go to a class in the pool at nine a.m. but I was still in bed at nine a.m.   After breakfast, I called Jan and she and I met up at the Y at twelve fifteen.  In the evening I found the movie THE HOMESMAN that I had seen before.  Hilary Swank stars in it and is VERY GOOD. TUESDAY the 14th:  I went to Life Group this morning and...

 We all got up early today and started packing up.  I think both Leslie and Maggie had a head start on me.  I think it was a little after ten when the cars were both packed up.  Leslie took a couple pictures of Maggie and I standing on the front porch of our cottage. This is the ONLY picture from today. Maggie took the wheel and I took the map and we drove north through toe park into Salamanca.  We took back roads for a while until we got to 219, which took us north to 20 and 78.  We stopped at Maggie's favorite hot dog place ZORBA'S(I think maybe in Lancaster) and had hot dogs, fries, onion rings and drinks.  I spent the rest of the day unpacking and putting stuff away, working on my Flickr account and this blog.  I returned a call from Mary Shaw, about the change in the date for starting the MOVERS and MAKERS group.  I called the director of the Barker Seniors and ordered my "catered lunch" for the Octoberfest which will the on the same da...

 Earlier in the week, I mentioned that maybe on Thursday we would stay IN THE PARK all day due to having plans to go places and do things the previous three days. Basically, I think we just relaxed in the morning and read our books.  I finished THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE and then went to the book about JOHN THE BAPTIST.  We had burgers and Maggie's fried potatoes for lunch (she really knows how to fry potatoes)!! Leslie and I decided to go geocaching after lunch.  Maggie asked if we had planned any time to just do nothing.  I told her that she could take that time for herself now while Leslie and I are gone.  She liked that idea.  Leslie and I looked for three geocaches and found two of them.  We walked a short distance on the THREE  SISTERS Trail to look for the one we could not find because there were so many possible hiding spots.  Also, we checked out the cottages and campsites near Quaker Lake (I think they are called Cain Hollo...

 Today we wanted to SEE THE ELK.  Actually. this is what Leslie wanted to do.  Maggie drove and we headed south into Pennsylvania.  We had packed our lunch.  (I packed ingredients to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich).  Maggie started out driving and a strange light came on in her car.  Leslie and I looked in her manual, and could not find any info. about that.  A man parked near us at the store (where we stopped  to check the manual) suggested we drive a bit down the road to the Allegany Maintenance buildings so we did, and two guys there immediately knew what it was, something to do with the fumes around the gas cap, and they said it was nothing to worry about.  When we got gas in Bradford, the light disappeared.  We headed south but we really did not know where we were going.  We stopped at a small bar/restaurant and were given directions to the State Park, so we decided that was probably our best bet.  We stoppe...

 We had a pretty solid plan for today:  to go to Salamanca and get wood, go to the Salamanca Museum and also go to the casino to use coupons for $15.00 free play.  We all got up at the agreed upon time which was eight thirty and got ready for the day.  Leslie drove and we went to Salamanca and located the museum.  We saw the strangest thing when we were looking for parking near the museum.  A man in an upper floor of a building was throwing pillows and other bedding down into a dumpster.  I would say it was probably four floors down.  Turns out it the DUDLEY HOTEL, which had been vacant for several years, but has been purchased and will soon be renovated.   Once we entered the museum we were greeted and given a private tour by a fellow who really knows the history of Salamanca.   T he Salamanca Area Historical Society Museum is located in a beautifully restored ​1882 bank building consisting of 3 floors of displays and themed r...